Bracelet end hook



Dec. 27, 1927.

5. o. MYRBERG BRACELET END HOOK Filed Sept. 21, 1926 IN V EN TOR.

A TTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 27, 192? UNITED STATES PATENT oFFics.

SVEN 0. MYRBERG, OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO IPROVI-DENGE STOCK COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODEISLAND.

BRACELET END HOOK.

Application filed September This invention relates to a bracelet endhook of a type more particularly adapted for attaching the end of awatch bracelet to the hail of a wrist watch; and the object of theinvention is to provide a sliding tongue for closing the hook portionwhich let hook foru'iing the subject matter of this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a portion of the body with the liicokcarried thereby.

lz gure 3 is a perspective View of the bottom wall of thebody of the endhook.

Figure 1- is a perspective View of the sliding tongue for closing thehook.

Figure 5 is a sectional side elevation showing the tongue in closedposition.

Fi. ;:3urc 6 is a sectional side elevation show he tongue in openposition.

l igi ure '7 is a sectional end elevation on line a--o: of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a s .ctional side elevation of a modified form of book.

Figure 9 is a perspective View of a still diilerent modified form ofhook.

Figure 10 is a perspective View of the sliding tongue used in theconstruction of hook illustrated in Figure 9.

It is found in the use of bracelet hooks of the character adapted toattach a watch bracelet to the bails of a wrist watch, of advantage toprovide a sliding tongue for closing the hook and also of advantage toprovide means for frictionally holding the tongue in either closed oropen position with a liugerpiece for manipulation of the tongue whichextends through one of the walls of the body for engagement, and inorder to accomplishsuch holding in diflereut positions, I have provideda detent on the sliding tongue to snap by an abutment on the body of thehook to engage either side thereof to hold the tongue in either 21,1926. Serial No. 136,884.

open or closed position; and the following is a detailed description ofone construction of hook by which these advantageous re-: sults may beaccomplished lVith reference to the drawings, 10 doe ignates a wristwatch having bails 11 to which is attached a flexible bracelet '12 bymeans of an end hook 153. This cud hook comprises a top wall 1 1 havinganextended shank portion 15 provided with a hookshaped end 16. The topwall is slotted as at 17 for the purposes hereinafter described. Sidevwalls 18 are also provided extending. from the top wall 1 1 and suitablemeans such an end wall Or bar 19 may be providedfor attaching the hookto the end link of a flexible bracelet.

The bottom wall 20 of the body has side walls or flanges 21 which spaceit from the top wall and are mounted between-fireside wallsof the top,the edges 22 being rolled over to hold the bottom wall in position.Slidably engaging the top wall and between it and the bottom wall of thebody, there is a tongue 23 mounted the same having an offset end portion2 1 to substantially meet the hook-shaped end 16 to close the same. Thetongue is also provided with flanges 2; to slidably engage the sidewalls of the body to guide the tongue in its movement and to strengthenthe same. A finger-piece 26 is carried by the tongue and extends throughthe slot 17 in the top wall for manual engagement to slide the tongue toopen or close-the hook.

Portions 27 of the tongue are raised from the stock thereof to provideprojections or detents which are sufliciently resilient to snap by theabutment portion 28 projecting from the bottom wall to engage eitherside thereof and frictionally hold the tongue in opened or closedpositions.

The resilient projections or detents may be formed in various ways andin Figure 8 I have illustrated a single detent 29 as cut from the stockand raised in a manner to engage the bottom wall to frictionally holdthe tongue in the desired position, it being also illustrated in thisfigure that the finger piece 30 extends through the bottom wall of thehook rather than through the top wall as is shown in the previouslydescribed figures.

In Figure 9 a construction of end hook is disclosed which supplies wingsfor the.

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watch and the portion 31 which extends through the bail is to beconsidered the hook within the terms of this specification and claims asby the term hook I mean any portion which extends through the bail of awrist watch. The portion 32 of this modified form of hook abuts the faceof the wrist watch to close the opening between the watch case and thebail, and the finger-piece is illustrated in this form as extendingthrough the side wall 34 of the hook so as to leave the top walluninterrupted for on nainental purposes, the tongue 35 which is slidablein this modified form of hook has a resilient projection 36 to engagethe bottom wall 37 to retain the sliding tongue in any desired position.Any means such as a slot 38 may be provided for attaching this hook tothe end of a bracelet.

From the foregoing it will be seen that 1 have provided a bracelet endhook having a sliding tongue which positively locked in opened or closedpositions, and has a linger-piece e2; ending through a wall of thebracelet tl'or operating the same.

The foregoing description directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being delined and. limited only by theterms of the appended claims.

I claim v 1. A bracelet end hook con'lprising a hen low body, a hookcarried by said body, a tongue having a portion in said hollow body andslidable to close said hook, a finger-piece extending from thebody tormanually operating the tongue. and means for retaining said tongue ineither open or closed positions.

2. A bracelet end hook comprising a hollow body, a hook carried by saidbody, a tongue having a portion in said hollow body and slidable toclose said hook. a fingerpiece extending through one of the walls oi thebody for manual engagement to slide said tongue. and resilient detentmeans between having a. top wall extended to form a shank with ahook-shaped end, a bottom wall spaced from the top wall, a portionextending from said bottom wall. to form an abutment, a. tongue slidablymounted between said .alls for closing said hook end, and a resilientprojection carried by said tongue to engage either side of said abutmentto hold said tongue in opened or closed position.

5. A bracelet end hook comprising a body having a top wall with an.opening therein, and extended to form a shank with a hookshaped end, abottom wall spaced from said top wall and having portions folded to forman end wall for said body, a tongue closing the hook and having aportion slidable in said body between said top and bottom walls, aresilient projection raised from the stock of said tongue for snappingbysaid end wall of the body. to engage either side thereof and hold saidtongue in opened or closed positions, and a finger-piece carried by saidtongue and extending through said opening for manually operating saidtongue.

6. A bracelet end hook comprising a body having a top wall extended toform ashank with a hoolnshaped end. a tongue slidable along said topwall and having a portion offset to engage and close-the end portion ofsaid hook-shaped shank end, means for retaining said tongue in opened orclosed positions, and a finger-piece tor operating said tongue.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature.

SVEN O. MYRBERG.

